Improvement in corn-planters



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Corn Planter.

Patented NOV.r 9, 1869.

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Patented Nov. 9, 1869.

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Letters .Patent No. 96,586, dated liovmlw'rI 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN'v CORN-PLANTERS. 'I

The Schedule referred co in these Lett-'ers Patent and making part of the same.

-To all whom it my-concern.- i

Be it known that I, JAMES A. HAMRICK, of Parnassus, in the county vof Augusta, and State of Virgioia, have invented anewand improved Corn-Planter and'I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this speci'cation, in which- 'Figure l, plate 1,.is a top view ot' the machine, with thecovers' removed from the hoppers, and av portion of tlxe draught-pole broken ofi'.

Figure 2, plate 1, is a perspective view of one ofthe adjustable runners, with the opening-tooth and coverers attached to it.

Figure 3, plate 2, is avertical scctiontaken through one-halt' of the machine, in the plane indicated by dotted line .1: :t in l..

Figure 4, plate 2, is a cross-section taken through the machine, in the vertical plane indicated by dotted lines y y` iii-figs; l and 3.

Figure 5, plate 2, is a cross-section through the machine, taken in the vert-ical plane indicated by dotted lines z z in figs. 1 and 3. v Figure 6, plate-2, is a cross-section through the machine, taken in the vertical plane indicated by dotted lines z z in figs. l and 3.

This invention relates to certain novel improve' ments on 'corn-planters which are adapted for checkrowing and planting corn and its fertilizer' in hills, at

regular intervals apart.

The nature of my invention consists, iirst, in the application to one side ofthe axle of two traiisporting-4 wheels, lof a perforated beam, which is grooved on its top and bottom, for receiving ltwo reciprocating doubleperlbrated slides, one of which discharges the seeds and the fertilizer from the hoppers into the perforations orcells through the said beam, and the other discharges the seeds and fertilizer from said cells into chambers formed in vertically-adjustable segmental, runners, and in applying to said runners reciprocating slides, which will receive upon them and momentarily retain the'seeds land fertilizer, at points verynear the ground, and then discharge the seeds and fertilizer into the drills, without scattering, as will be hcreinaf' ter explained.

Second, inadjustable cams applied to the axle of the transport-ing-Whecls, connected to the seed-slides, and provided with handles for moving them into and out of operation, said cams being arranged, when adjusted lor operation, soas to be acted upon alternat-cly by studs on one of the transporting-wheels, and thus communicate to the said slides reciprocating motion, as will be hereinafter explaineazi.l

. VThird, in vertically-adjustable rnnners, which 'are of the form of segments of a circle, and which are pivoted at their front ends to the frame of the machine,

and guided and stayed at their rearends by saidv ira-me, said runners being suspended from an adjusting-bar, by means of chains attached to their rear ends, so that the attendant can raise them free from the ground at pleasure, and said runners being provided with adjustable teeth and coverers, for opening the ground to receive the seed, 'and covering the seed after it is dropped,-as will be hereinafter explained.

Fourth, in providing a rolling or self-adjustable weight, for holding the teeth to theirwork, but fal. f

To enable others skilled in the art to understand Y my invention, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings v l A represents the axle of two transporting-wheelsg GU', which latter have elevations, c, on their periph'-' cries, arranged at such distances apart as will 1nark= the spots where the seeds are deposited in the ground, so that the attendant can guide the .machine by these marks, and thereby pla-nt the seeds at regular distances apart.' To the front side of thel axle A, and rigidly secured thereto, is a beam, B, through which passages b3 are made, vertically, for receiving the seed and fertilizer as they fallfrom the hoppers G.

The machine shown in the drawings, iig. 1, has three. hoppers G, arranged at regular distances apart on top of the beam B, and beneath eachY hopper' is one ofthe passages i1, as shown in rigs. 3 and 4.

The beam B is grooved longitudnally'on top and bottom, and in these grooves the slides e c are applied 4so that they can, be moved freely.

These slides are in the vertical `plane of thev passages b3, and they havev pcrorations through them,

arranged in pairs, for allowing both the seeds and the fertilizer to drop, first lfrom the hoppers iiit-o the pas.- sages bi', upon they lower slide a2, thence to drop from said passages into receptacles Pf, of segmeutalrnnners P, upon slides s.

1 Each hopper G is divided. by a partition, g, which forms two apartments, one forcorn and the other for a fertilizer, which it is' desired todrop with' the corn.

upon the lower slide a, by means of a triangular camplate, E, and studs e, upon the inner end of the transporting-wheel C.

The cam E is pivoted, at its rear inner corner, to a vibrating hand-lever, EQ-which is pivoted to the top of axle A, and extended backward, as shown iu iigs. l and 5; and the front corner of this cam E is connected to the slide a, by means of a piu, e', which plays freely in an oblong slot lnade .through the slide a..

The slide a is held in the position indicated in figs. l-and 3, by means of a spring, c', which will quickly return the slide into this position after each movement of the cam.

The slide a? is moved in one direction,'to effect the discharge of the seed and fertilizer from the passages b3, by means of vibrating triangular cam F, which is acted upon by studs j, on one side of wheel C.

A spring, corresponding to spring c, operates to rcturn slide a2 to a position for cutting olf. after each discharge.

'lhe cam F is pivoted at its -rear cornerto the axle A, and connected, by a pin, f', to the slide a2, precisely asdescribed for connecting cam E to-slide a.

The .studs e and f are arranged upon Vwheel C, so as toalternately move the slides a a, and thus effect the dropping of the seeds andfertilizer by stages, from a higher to a lower level.

The cross-strips a, and top of the axle and beam, hold the slidea down in place, but allow it to receive free endwise movement, and the strips a, on the bottom of-.the axle and beam, keep the slide a2 in its place, but allow it to be moved freely in a direction with its-length.

When the seeds and fertilizer are allowed to fall from the passages b3, they are received into receptacles P', formed'in runners P, and` are `momentarily arrested therein by slides s, which are located so near the surface of the ground that the seeds and fertilizer will not be scattered while falliugfrom the receptacles l" into the furrows made by teeth-R.

, The receptacles I are formed at thel middle of the -length of, segmental runners P, which runners are. pivoted, at q o o, to the, ,front longitudinal beams of frame A','a'ud suspended at their reareuds by means of chains, h, which are attached to s'hort arms, h2, fixed to a rock-shaft, H.

This shaft H is prevented from lturning backward by a pawl, j, engaging with teeth t, which are formed on this shaft, as shown in gs. l and 4. v

By means of the lever h1, which rises from shaft H, the attendant can tum the latter partly around, 'and thereby raise the rear ends of all the runners simultaneously, and .by disengaging the pawls j from teeth -'i,`the runners may he depressed. l

Each runner P is of a segmental form, and has its convex side presented to the ground.- Its ends are forked, to receive between them the front and rear longitudinal beams of frame A, and it has a lpassa-ge through it, at the middleof its length, through which the seeds and fertilizer fall when the slide s is moved forward.

Tlieegmental slide s, of each runner P, is snita bly guidedon top of this runner, and receives loosely through its front end the free end of au arm, s', which is fixed to a horizontal rock-shaft, D, as shown in fi 4.

The shaft D extends out from one end of its sustaining-frame A', and has a stirrup, d', A(see iig. 1,) secured to it, in such a position as to be struck by the cam-faced lugs al, on the inner'side of wheel C.

The slide cis iu this manne;` moved forward, so as to effect the discharge of the seeds and fertilizer into the ground.

The arms s' should be made long enough to move their slides s when the runners are fully depressed.

,Hoppe Y The flexible tubes l ll guide the seeds and fertil -izer while falling from the passages biI into the receptacles P'.

The teeth R, which form fui-rows or drills in the soil to receive the seeds, are pivoted, at r, to the bottoms of the runners.

Each tooth R is constructed with side-wings, U, from which depend two coverers, r c', for scraping the earth loosely over the seeds.

The teeth R are held down in working position -by means of rolling weights, k, which rest upon the upper edges of the wings U, and which are connected to arms, k' k', that are pivoted to the sides of the runners.

the teeth down to their work under ordinary circumstances. but not so heavy as to prevent the teeth from yieldingr backward, s honld they meet with undue resistance.

It will be seen, from the above description, that the seeds and fertilizer are discharged from the three hoppers, and momentarily arrested in the vertical passages b, by the slide a'Z also, that the seeds and fertilizers-re again arrested in chambers P', by the slide s, thereby allowing the seeds and fertilizer of ea'ch charge to be deposited at one point in the drill, and preventing the 'charges from beiugscattered.

It will also beseen that I employ runners, P, which will rise and descend, and accommodate them'- selles to inequalities of surface passed over, and which will not be Aliable to gather weeds and trash, and which will serve as a means of attaching the teeth R- tothe' machine. v v It will also be seenthatthe cam E can be adjusted hy means of handle E', so that the lugs e will not strike it. T he cam F', which" is pivoted to slide t, as shown rinV g. 5, canbe similarly adjusted by meansof its lever'F', which is pivoted to a slide, t.

' In the fertilizer-department ofthe hoppers, rotary or oscillatory stirrers may be arranged, and operated by the upper seed-slide.

n I prefer to employ a stirrer consisting of a post, havingy radial arms fixed to it,and carryiugon one end a toothed wheel, which will engage with a rack ou the seed-slide.

Such a stirrer will agitate the fertilizer, and cause it to flow freely during the operation of the machine.

Having described myinvention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure ters Patent', is-

1. The construction yof axle'A, with a verticallyperforated and horizontally-slotted beam upon one side, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. Slides ct a?, cam-plates E F, levers E' F', and springs'c, combined and operating substantially as described.

3. The levers E F', applied to their respective cams, E F, and to the axle A, substantially as described. 4. segmental runners P, applied to the machine,

and constructed substantially as described.

5. The segmental slides s, applied to runners P, and operated by lugs (l, on wheel G, acting through the medium of arms s, shaft D, and stirrup d', substantially as described.

6. The rolling weights k, applied to, rear extensions of the teeth It, substantially as and for the purposes described. i

7. The combination, in a seeding-machine, of the slides a az'and s, arranged and operating as set forth. JAMES A. HAMRIGK.

by Let- Witnesses:

P. B. HoesHnAD, W. O. HnDaIcK.

The weights ashould be sufficiently heavy to keep 

